Smoky Robin
Melanodryas cryptoleuca(Hartert, EJO, 1930)
English (US) Smoky Robin
The Smoky Robin (Melanodryas cryptoleuca) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Petroicidae (Australasian Robins) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Melanodryas cryptoleuca
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Smoky Robin
- Described by
- (Hartert, EJO, 1930)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 3 subspecies for this species.
- Melanodryas cryptoleuca cryptoleuca
- Melanodryas cryptoleuca albidior
- Melanodryas cryptoleuca maxima
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Poecilodryas cryptoleucus
- Described by
- (Hartert, EJO, 1930)
- Type locality
- Lehuma, Arfak Mountains.
- Original description
- Novitates Zoologicae 36 p.67
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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